NPCScan

NPCScan helps you find NPCs by scanning nameplates, minimap vignettes, and mouseover targets, with an optional dynamic targeting keybinding. Once an NPC is found by one of these methods, an on screen alert is displayed and an audio alert is played.

Nameplates
Alerts will be triggered whenever a nameplate is created, if that nameplate belongs to one of the tracked NPCs. To use this feature with any reliability, the Interface->Names->Always Show Nameplates option must be turned on from the WoW Game Menu.

Dynamic Target Keybinding
NPCScan includes a key binding that will trigger a dynamically-generated targeting macro. Each time it is pressed, the key binding will trigger a /targetexact <mob name=""> for every tracked NPC in the current zone you are in, in addition to any custom NPC additions. This only attempts a search each time it is triggered; it is not a continuous search.

To access this feature, just set a keybind under the Key Bindings->AddOns->NPCScan->Targeting Macro section.

“Found” Alert
When an NPC is found, NPCScan alerts you by playing a loud and distinctive sound, making your screen pulse red, and displaying a Targeting Button for every NPC that is found.

Targeting Buttons
When clicked, the targeting button tries to target the NPC it depicts. You can also bind a key to trigger the newest button, in cases where multiple buttons are spawned.

Note: These buttons cannot be shown during combat. In the unlikely case that you do find a rare while fighting, the button or buttons will appear after you leave combat.

Options
NPCScan's main options window can be accessed from the Interface Options menu. To access the NPC list and other settings, type “/npcscan”.

New sounds can be added to the alert sound dropdown menu by installing SharedMedia.

Scans can now be limited to worlds (continents or instances). You can customize this for custom NPCs with an edit box next to the NPC's ID; Simply type the name of the world exactly, or select a continent name from the dropdown. If left blank, the scan will stay active no matter where you are.

Tables of rares in the Search configuration pane are now sortable by clicking their column headers.

Default options now only add tamable custom mobs like Arcturis and Skoll for hunters. Hold shift while reverting to defaults to override this.

Torhal I'm a big fan of your addons. Just wish to thank you so much for your continued effort. Using scan, overlay, ackis and collect. Ther a powerpack together for a collectionist. Keep up the good work!

Request:
Make it so you can mark multiple NPCs for the purpose of deleting them off the scanning list.
If you can make it work like shift-click on Windows (marks from the first one marked and down to the one you're marking now) that'd be great.

Why would I want to do this?
I'd like to remove all Pandaria rares off my NPCscan, because dead 90% off the time, and you can see them on the minimap anyway.

Request:
Make it so you can mark multiple NPCs for the purpose of deleting them off the scanning list.
If you can make it work like shift-click on Windows (marks from the first one marked and down to the one you're marking now) that'd be great.

Why would I want to do this?
I'd like to remove all Pandaria rares off my NPCscan, because dead 90% off the time, and you can see them on the minimap anyway.

Deleting the Cache doesn´t work for me. The game is restoring the folder as soon as i start the game and I can´t find the option to delete already seen NPCs out of the NPCscan-menu. Any ideas why deleting cache doesn´t work? Im starting to get desperate

The Cache folder will always be restored fresh after being delete because it is an essential folder.

I looked at the options, but it doesn't look like there is an option to delete NPCs.

There is a little "x" next to the ones you have seen in the "search" section, so you shouldn't be alerted again when they respawn. If I understand how the addon works, when you delete the cache folder NPC will treat the NPCs you have seen as "unseen" so it will alert you again.

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